2025 Compare Cities Health:
Merced, CA vs La Mesa, CA

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Highlights
- There are 233 physicians per 100,000 people in La Mesa.
- There are 86 physicians per 100,000 people in Merced.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Merced, CALa Mesa, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock56.358.4
 Water Quality (100=best)20  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock9886.9
 Physicians per Cap.86  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock89100
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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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Reviews for La Mesa    9 Reviews

The same San Diego prices and high taxes, but not the nice weather. 15 degrees hotter than the coast. Save the money and move to AZ if you like the climate in La Mesa.  More

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I now live in Wyoming but I was a third generation San Diegan, my maternal grandmother having been born on Coronado Island in 1894. If you are a new arrival to the  More

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I Need Correct Information I lived there Over 20 Years  More

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